A bird's song may teach us about human speech disorders
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 00:30
in Biology & Nature
The song of a small bird is providing valuable insights into human speech and speech disorders. Scientists have now discovered that some 2,000 genes in a brain region of a male bird called the zebra finch are significantly linked to singing. More than 1,500 of these genes in a critical part of the bird's song circuitry are reported for the first time.